Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00959)

Diogenes- Founder of the cynic sect at Athens (c400-c325bc) who, according to Seneca, lived in a tub. Alexander the Great so admired him that he said, "If I were not Alexander I would wish to be Diogenes."
Pot Amon - or Amon-Ra The King of the gods during the ancient Egyptian Empire, a development from Amon (the hidden one), patron of Thebes. Usually figured as human-headed, with two long ostrich plumes rising bove his head, sometimes with a ram's head. The ram was sacred to him and his oracle was at the oasis of Jupiter AMMON. The Greeks identified him with Zeus.

As Amen-Ra he was worshipped as the supreme "King of the Gods", a creator and soul of the universe, inscrutable and eternal. 

Cass

fnord <fnord@busquedainterior.com.ar> wrote:

Hi!

In the first section of the Key of Theosophy, the first footnote saids:

"Though Theosophy, or the Eclectic Theosophical system, is generally attributed to the third century, yet, if Diogenes Laertius is to be credited, its origin is much earlier, as he attributed the system to an Egyptian priest, Pot-Amun, who lived in the early days of the Ptolemaic dynasty. The same author tells us that the name is Coptic, and signifies one consecrated to Amun, the God of Wisdom. Theosophy is the equivalent of Brahm-Vidya, divine knowledge."

Well, the thing is the quote is'nt in the Lives of the Philosophers, and i didn't find any reference to any other Diogenes's work, anywhere. Someone know the source of that quote?

Thanks

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